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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 5, 1992Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 1992, 5:01 PM EST for Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 1992, 5:01 PM EST (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 1992, 5:45 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 5, 5:20 PM ESTHail 0.88Sarasota, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 42 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -286 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 052203
SVRTBW
FLC081-115-052245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
501 PM EST WED FEB 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN MANATEE COUNTY...NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY
 
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR OVER NORTHERN SARASOTA
COUNTY AT 500PM MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD AT 40 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVE TO A REINFORCED BUILDING.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO... WATERSPOUT... HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND...
CALL THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SEVERE WEATHER LINE AT
1-800-282-5584.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 3:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee2 hr
Feb 5, 3:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco, Pinellas2 hr
Feb 5, 3:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando, Levy, Sumter117 min
Feb 5, 4:05 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee40 min
Feb 5, 4:05 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWPinellas40 min
Feb 5, 4:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSarasota53 min
Feb 5, 5:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Polk59 min
Feb 5, 5:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSumter59 min
Feb 5, 4:31 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas44 min
Feb 5, 4:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco50 min
Feb 5, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco, Pinellas61 min
Feb 5, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota61 min
Feb 5, 5:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHardee41 min
Feb 5, 6:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota45 min
Feb 5, 6:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco45 min
Feb 5, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands, Polk61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.